5-Letter Word

HEUCH

A 5 letter word: heuch

H1
E2
U3
C4
H5
Letter positions
Word
heuch
Position 1
h
Position 2
e
Position 3
u
Position 4
c
Position 5
h
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
13

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 31,1138.9%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
H14773.8%
E21,57212.6%
U36425.1%
C43893.1%
H53492.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: H
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 2 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
H1431%
E218%
U318%
C4323%
H5431%
Total13Higher than 91% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is HEUCH a good Wordle opening word?
HEUCH has a repeated letter (H), which reduces the number of distinct positions covered in a single guess. It belongs to the Tier 4 late-game pool of 4,465 words (35.8% of dataset). Most effective as a confirmation guess once the repeated letter is already located.
What does HEUCH mean?
HEUCH: A 5 letter word: heuch.
What is the Scrabble score for HEUCH?
13 points. Tile breakdown: H(4) + E(1) + U(1) + C(3) + H(4). The highest-value tile is H (4 points), contributing 31% of the total. This score is higher than 91% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 2 vowels?
7,415 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 2 vowels (59.4%). Full vowel-count distribution: 0 vowels: 51 (0.4%), 1 vowel: 3,736 (29.9%), 2 vowels: 7,415 (59.4%), 3 vowels: 1,249 (10.0%), 4 vowels: 27 (0.2%).

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